Trousers.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

L. M. NATHAN.

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TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297,569.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS M. NATHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Oolorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers; and I dodeclare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates, generally speaking, to improvements in trousers,but relates specifically to means attached to the trousers and extendingfrom the crotch upwardly in both front and rear and connected with thegarment at points corresponding with the points where the buttons areattached to facilitate the proper support of the trousers when thesuspenders passing over the shoulders of the wearer are attached.

This device may be termed an inverted suspender, since it is connectedwith the garment as aforesaid and extends down wardly from both frontand rear in a manner similar to the regular suspenders, except that thelatter pass upwardly.

To be more specific, the device consists of two strips of suitablematerial, each of which is connected with the band or upper part of thetrousers in front at one extremity, at the upper part of the garment inthe rear at the other extremity, and at the crotch intermediate the saidextremities.

The improvement is preferably formed of two continuous strips ofmaterial. It is evident, however, that four half-strips may be employed,since it would not be absolutely necessary that the strips should becontinuous at the crotch, though this is preferable and simplifies theattachment of the improvement to the garment. It is preferred thatbetween the extremities of each strip and its attachment at the crotchthe strip be free from attachment to the fabric of the trousers. It mustbe understood, however, that the invention is not precisely limited inthis regard.

Having briefly outlined my improvement, as well as the function it isintended to perform, I will proceed to describe the same in detail,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which isillustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of a pair oftrousers equipped with my improvements, the fabric being partly brokenaway to facilitate illustration of the improved feature. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the same. the improvement in detail and on a larger scale,the inverted suspender-strips being extended.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate a pair of trousers of the ordinary make.

My improvement consists, in its preferable form, of two continuousstrips, each of which is designated in its entirety by the numeral 6.These strips are attached at their extremities at points 7 and 8 in thefront and rear of the garment, While their central portions are attachedat the crotch 9. These strips are attached to the inside of the garmentat the points 7 and 8. The points 7 correspond with the points where thetwo inner suspender-buttons are attached to the trousers, while thepoints 8 correspond with the points where the two rear Suspender-buttonsare attached to the trousers. In Fig. 3 the central dotted lines A onthe strips 6 indicate the-location of the stitches or the means forfixedly securing the strips to the crotch of the trousers, while thedotted lines B at the extremities of the strips indicate the stitchingor means of securing the extremities of the strips to the band or upperpart of the garment. If desired, the strips may be adjustable betweentheir extremities. This may be accomplished by providing each strip witha short member 10 and connecting it with the body of the member by meansof a buckle 12. By leaving the strips unsecured between the points A andB it becomes practicable to shorten them by the use of the buckles, iffor any reason it should become necessary.

The chief function of my improvement is to cause the supporting pullexerted by the shoulder-suspenders to act from the crotch of thetrousers both from the front, and rear. In the absence of thisimprovement after the garment has been worn for-some time the pull ofthe suspenders not being properly applied to the center or crotch of therment allows it to be drawn out of shape. in addibig. 3 is a detail Viewshowing tion to the main or chief feature of the improvement it may bestated that the said strips of material form a reinforcement and givethe garment increased Wearing capacity.

While my improved inverted suspender' strips are not limited to anyspecial shape or design, it is preferred to make their front portions ofconsiderable Width, as indicated at D. If these portions of the stripsWere narrow, the shape of the strips under some circumstances might bevisible from the outside of the garment; but by making them ofconsiderable Width, as or approximately as indicated in the drawings,this difficulty is entirely overcome, and in addition to this advantagethis increased Width of the strips reinforces the garment to aconsiderable extent.

In-Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the suspenger-buttons are designated bythe let ter Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. Apair of trousers provided With a strip of material attached to thecrotch thereof and at the upper part of the garment in line With thepull of the garment-suspending means in both front and rear.

2. A pair of trousers provided with strips of material attached to thecrotch of the garment and at the upper portion thereof in line with thepull of the garment-suspending means, in both front and rear.

3. A pair of trousers provided With strips of material attached to thecrotch of the garment and at the upper portion thereof at pointscorresponding With the points Where the Suspender-buttons are attached.

4. A pair of trousers provided with tWo strips of material attachedintermediate their extremities at the crotch of the garment and at theirextremities to points in the front and rear corresponding with thepoints of attachment of the Suspender-buttons.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

LOUIS M. NATHAN.

Witnesses:

DENA N ELSON, A. J. OBRIEN.

